It was still raining when we got up this morning, and it didn't look like it was going to stop anytime soon.
Our plan was to make a stop for groceries in Prince George and then continue on to the town of McBride for the night, a trip of about 320 miles, a long day for us.
So, we finally got moving and I threw on a rain jacket to disconnect utilities. We pulled out around 9:30.
But first we had to go back into the town of Houston to fuel up the motorhome. On this trip, we've pretty much used the "rule of thumb" that we fuel up once we reach a half a tank, but yesterday we broke that rule, and the fuel light came on for the first time.
So, we went to a gas station recommended by the Shady Rest RV Park owner and filled up the motorhome and the Jeep at $1.21 CAD/liter, which comes out to about $3.40 USD/gallon. Not bad. The gas prices have come down in Canada since we came through in the Spring.
It just continued to rain as we made our way 190 miles east to Prince George.
We made a stop at the Costco and the Real Canadian Superstore grocery. After about an hour of grocery shopping and stuffing it into the RV, we continued on.
On the next 130 miles of road, we saw eight Black Bears on the way through in the Spring, but nothing today.
Just before we got into McBride, the rain finally stopped. We made another fuel stop, and then continued on to Beaver View RV Park about a mile east of town.
We arrived around 6:00 p.m. (late for us), and they assigned us a pull-through site, Site 13.
The sites are grass, and they have electric and water hook-ups, but no sewer connections.
There is a dump station, bathhouse, and laundry.
There is a picnic table at each site and the do have free Wi-Fi, although it's pretty slow. We had 4G with Verizon's roaming partners, and it was much better internet using our phones' mobile hotspots.
There is a lake behind the property, but there is a gate with this sign.
I didn't take the time to find out what that was all about, nor did I care. This is just a quick stop after a long day, and we had no intention of leaving the rig, once we got settled.
Tomorrow, we have only about a hundred miles to the Wapiti Campground in Jasper National Park where we intend to spend a couple nights. The largest campground in Jasper, the Whistler Campground with 781 sites, is closed for reconstruction until 2021, so that puts some pressure on the other park campgrounds.
There were no reservable sites available in Wapiti, the second largest campground, but there is a loop that has electric sites and is first come, first served, so we're planning to get there early, snag a site, and then have a good part of the day to explore. Stay tuned to see if that works out as hoped.
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